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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
1
Ottumwa reports at the naval air station cheer about absentee voting in the presidential election. Lieut D H Donoue says about 60 percent is a conservative figure for 2600 personnel who have or will cast absentee ballots. Most voters there are casting their first presidential ballot.
Glenwood sheriff sought help identifying a human skeleton recovered from the Missouri River five miles south of the Plattsmouth bridge. The find near the Nebraska line by hunter Ervin Mather suggested a man about six feet tall, around 160 pounds, in water for roughly six months with clothing still intact.
Mike Beukema aged 53 father of 10 was found dead in a barn after failing to return from milking. Employer Lynn Gabrielson reported lights still burning and the coroner ruled death due to a heart attack at the farm near here.
DES MOINES Former Municipal Court Judge Ralph L Powers, father of a three way traffic summons, paid a $1 fine for overtime parking. He sent a letter claiming his car was not immobile and quipped the usual excuses, noting he was not detained or needed others.
Kansas City Mo Expan sion of the personnel of the regional war labor board by appointment of four new public and six new labor members was announced Monday by Paul F Nachtman chairman. Industry representation already was up to full strength. The new labor members are Ben A Henry Des Moines regional director of the CIO Des Moines representing the CIO on the board Leo Quinn Des Moines representative of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs and Warehousemen union representing the AF of L and Leroy Jones Clinton secretary of the Clinton labor roneress representing the AF of I
Firemen at No. 6 station hope the person who took the key will return it before an alarm. A routine Sunday night check found the key missing. Without it the south part of the city would lack a fire company, but No. 5's crew will cover alarms temporarily.
Berlin quoted a Tokyo communique reporting that Japanese submarines off the U S west coast sank nine American transports.
Penny a hour wage cited for laborers who use grinding stones, corn shears, or pump water, reflecting harsh conditions and minimal pay in agricultural work as described.
Moscow reports Stalin says soviet armies have killed or captured 8,590,000 German troops on the eastern front as they press a great tank battle outside Budapest. He notes two summer offensives pushed Germans back to East Prussia and Warsaw, freeing Romania and Bulgaria.
Judge J G Patterson schedules the state of Iowa versus Glenn Wilson for trial November 27 at district court in Oskaloosa after venue transfer from MushaKa county. Jury readiness limits trial to one panel. case expected to last about a week. A divorce petition by James K Lutz against Adella Mae Lutz cites marriage Jan 31 1941 Kinross Iowa and separation August 13 1942 amid wartime service.
Early tallies show the largest Iowa vote in history as polls open. Heavy early voting in major cities foreshadows record turnout with industrial sectors expected to push totals beyond 1940 in Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Clinton and Des Moines.
In a petition filed, the man alleges he is not the father of a son born to Mrs. Lutz on September 6, 1944. He requests a court order establishing nonpaternity. Attorney L. J. Kehoe represents the plaintiff.
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse yesterday, authorizing a forthcoming wedding. Readable details about the individuals were not provided in the fragment.
Allied reports from Paris and Berlin detail street fighting around Vossemack and Vossenack near Aachen as German forces press a retreating first army. British and American advances on Walcheren, Beveland, and Willemstadt shrink remaining pockets, with thousands captured and casualties rising.
Washington board of education discussed the sale of Heights school property on North Second avenue to Joseph Schmelzer of Wellman for a machine shop and foundry. Area residents protested the use, represented by S W Livingstone, while Schmelzer was aided by L J Kehoe. No action was taken and a settlement possibility was indicated.
Capt William Omer Boshart of Wayland and Martha Anne Mac of Washington appear in a notice announcing their marriage. The event links two families and notes a military title and two home locations as part of the marriage card.
Washington residents flock to polling places as windows open and a large turnout is anticipated despite rain. County contests are few, with major races including Roosevelt-Dewey for president and Gillette-Hickenlooper for senator. National results may be late while state results are expected by midnight. The Journal will publish an early election special tomorrow morning.
Stalin in a Moscow address on the eve of the Bolshevik anniversary labeled Japan an aggressor nation, equating its Pacific theater actions with Germany’s early wartime successes and marking a stark shift in public characterization. The speech dominated Soviet press coverage of the day.
New York reports record wartime turnout as millions vote between Roosevelt and Dewey. War plant workers led the early polls at 6 am ET with housewives joining later. By noon women far outnumbered men in many precincts in New York and Detroit's noon total reached about 212000, up 20000 from 1940.
A terse line notes that the eyes of a newborn human baby are grayish blue, with no additional context or details about the observation or source.
Mrs. Amanda V. McNeal died at ten this morning at 107 North Avenue Co. She had been ill for three weeks. The body was taken to L. A. Jones funeral home for plans. Born February 1, 1881, she spent most of her life in Nebraska and married L. A. McNeal on August 0, 1935 at Keola. Surviving are her husband, four sons Floyd Henry Carl Richards Merlin Harris, two brothers Albert Matson Fremont and Henry Matson Miller 3, and sister Mrs. Ella Johnson Seattle.
Names of 20 additional petit jurors were drawn at the courthouse this morning for the November term of district court. Judge J G Patterson ordered the draw due to expected strain on the original panel of 59. Many farmers and business people asked to be excused. Those drawn report at 10 a m Monday Navy 27 alongside those not excused. The jurors include Laona Buenneke Oregon Two Mary Chambers Oregon Two Doris Cherryholmes Crawford Two J W Chorpening Cedar Two C W Davison Nira C M Despain Crawford Two Pearl Gardner Third Ward Rhoda Griffith Third Ward S W Korf Third Ward Mela Lasek Highland Two Dorothy Luckenbill Washington Two H J Mangold Dutch Creek Homer Martin Crawford Two Eulala Morrow Wellman S A Munson Washington Gertrude Rayburn Third Ward Fern Schuck Wellman Ed Squire Washington Two Samuel Statler West Chester W B Webster Wellman
Tokyo reports two B 29s over Honshu in a reconnaissance flight as Manila ships and Leyte operations intensify. American carrier planes claim 191 enemy planes destroyed and several ships sunk near Manila and in the central Philippines while Leyte fighting tightens around Ormoc. Southwest Burma sees the 14th army reach Kennedy's Peak and approach Fort White near Tiddim.
Mrs Sadee Mc Avoy relocates the McAvoy Beauty Nook under the National Bank of Washington from East Main Street and North Seventh Avenue. The shop reopens with cleaning, new equipment, and 21st year as a Washington cosmetologist. Mrs Marvin Buckwalter plans to join part time.
In Cairo on November VI Jewish extremists criticized by Britain’s policy in Palestine were blamed for the assassination of Lord Moyne resident minister to the Middle East He died hours after being shot in the neck chest and abdomen as he entered his car outside his Cairo home
War Production Board estimates 1944 oilcloth shortage at about two million yards of sheeting.
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